See related video, this page. At a small ceremony at Bass River Beach in South Yarmouth on Wednesday morning, the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was observed. Beside the town's memorial to the attack, whose flag stood at half-mast beneath leaden skies, veterans spoke about the significance of the "day of infamy" and its aftermath, when a generation of American youth was tested by an unimaginable struggle. "On Dec. 7 of 1941, there were 90 United States ships stationed at Pearl Harbor," said 89-year-old Dennis resident Walter von Hone, who joined the Navy at the age of 17 in 1944...